yeule by Vasso Vu
Evangelic Girl is a Gun LISTEN: https://yeule.lnk.to/egiagPR
“What3vr” Trailer WATCH: https://youtu.be/2UuyQt16LZg?si=sGmnnz5pLp4gJG6l
(May 30, 2025) - Today, yeule releases their new album Evangelic Girl is a Gun via Ninja Tune. The album is yeule’s most unrestrained and emotionally baring work yet, as they grapple with ideas of a self-destructive identity burning through the canvas of post-modernity. The album release follows yeule’s late night TV debut on Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney last week where they performed their single “Skullcrusher.” The performance began with yeule bent over backwards on a dirt bike surrounded by backup dancers and an ethereal fog. Stereogum described the performance as, “serious pop star moves.”
Alongside the album release yeule is sharing a new music video for album track “What3vr” (dropping soon and watch trailer here), directed by yeule and shot by Bryan Allen Lamb featuring a striking video of yeule attempting to rescue someone bound and injured, sparking a discussion around what it means to be human.
Speaking on the album release yeule shares, “And now, every unreal part of you is every unreal part of me." Accompanied by still visual artworks made in collaboration with artist Vasso Vu and videos for the previous singles, “Skullcrusher” and “Evangelic Girl is a Gun” co-directed by yeule and Neil Krug, the album explores the duality of darkness, as well as yeule’s personal history to their role as the "painter.” Through the album’s hypnotic melodies, they present a portrait of the tortured artist trapped within an image, as Ćmiel’s haunting vocals act as an emotional chokehold atop dance beats.
Evangelic Girl is a Gun sees Ćmiel putting their own “cyborgian” spin on Bristol trip-hop and ‘90s gothic. The album features production from A. G. Cook, Chris Greatti, Mura Masa, Clams Casino, Fitnesss and Kin Leonn, Ćmiel’s trusted collaborator and co-executive producer of 2023’s softscars. yeule’s untreated vocals on the album also contribute to a sense of burning authenticity; rawness emerges as they abandon Auto-Tune. This jarring artistic styling is a turn from their glitchy previous works. As a counter to the emergence of AI, they wanted to imbue their vocals with a “raw, irreplaceable edge,” they explain.
The new album follows their celebrated record softscars, which incorporated distorted guitars and alternative production. The arrival of softscars was met with immense critical acclaim earning their second ‘Best New Music’ stamp from Pitchfork, as well as applause from outlets such as The New York Times, The FADER, Stereogum, Alternative Press, NPR among others. The album followed their critically acclaimed 2022 release, Glitch Princess, which also received a Pitchfork ‘Best New Music’ stamp and overwhelming critical praise.
A chameleonic auteur guided by a multidisciplinary ethos, yeule crafts entire worlds and personas through their music, weaving together everything from the classical canon, hypermodern internet cultures, academic theory, the esoteric, and their own carnal desires.
Listen to the album above and find full tour routing below.
Tour Dates:
7/1 - Manchester, UK @ Academy 2 7/2 - London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town 7/5 - Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival 7/7 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Theatre 7/9 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg 7/11 - Paris, France @ Le Trabendo 7/10 - 12 - Slovakia @ Pohoda Festival | 
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